Konstantin Rakutin

Konstantin Rakutin (21 March 1902-7 October 1941) was an NKVD Major-General during World War II.

Biography
Konstantin Rakutin was born on 21 March 1902 in Vachny, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire to a family of Russians. He joined the Red Army in 1919 during the Russian Civil War, serving as a company commander. By 1939, he was the deputy commander of the Soviet 15th Army during the Winter War with Finland, and he took command of the Soviet 31st Army in June 1941 during World War II. On 6 September 1941, his liberation of Yelnya from Nazi Germany was the Soviet Union's first victory against the Axis Powers on the eastern front. Rakutin was killed in action during the Yelnya Offensive.